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Mitch ShinThe Diplomat |
Exit polls suggest the DP will win 11 of 16 regional posts, with Seoul and Busan producing the night’s most closely watched results.
North Korea intends to press ahead with its own military modernization timeline regardless of the diplomatic calendar.
The marketing blunder on South Korea’s most solemn democratic anniversary has reignited a decades-old battle over how the country confronts its...
The North Korean leader called for restructuring the army’s training system and reinforcing front-line units along the southern border, as Pyongyang...
For Seoul, what the leaders of the great superpowers left unsaid in Beijing may matter more than what they agreed on.
With President Lee Jae-myung riding high in the polls and the June 3 local elections looking like a sweep, the ruling Democratic Party’s leader...
A controversy over the South Korean unification minister’s comments exposes the illusion at the heart of decades of North Korea policy.
Pyongyang fired “surface-to-surface” missile launches roughly one month before U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing.
People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyeok’s Washington trip reveals more about his internal survival strategy than any genuine foreign policy agenda.
Whatever goodwill Lee’s expression of regret over past drone incursions may have produced, Pyongyang's hostile posture toward South Korea remains...
Seoul's use of Pyongyang's formal state title signals a historic policy shift, but the Lee administration's two-state vision is constrained by the...
Addressing the 15th SPA, Kim enshrined permanent enmity with Seoul and declared his regime “ready for any choice” from the United States.
The first session of the 15th Supreme People's Assembly served as a definitive declaration that nuclear weapons remain a permanent necessity for the...
Seoul’s semiconductor giants face collateral damage as Washington’s tech blockade inadvertently accelerates Beijing’s domestic hardware breakthroughs.
The unusual firing of 10 missiles comes as Pyongyang seeks to command attention while global focus remains fractured across multiple international...
South Koreans continue to choose the United States over any rival power by historically wide margins. But don't call it naivety.
The powerful sister of North Korean leader labeled the “Freedom Shield” exercises as war rehearsal while warning of overwhelming deterrent response.
Lee has redefined the South Korean executive by trading imperial secrecy for radical transparency and focusing on tangible results.
The United States risks a permanent quagmire in the Middle East – which will also redefine the strategic balance of the Korean Peninsula and beyond.
Lee Jae-myung seeks peaceful coexistence with North Korea and shuttle diplomacy with Japan amid a shifting regional security landscape.
During the seven-day WPK conclave, Kim Jong Un introduced the “Haekpangasoe” system while reaffirming his will to beef up nuclear capabilities in...
The former president challenged judicial neutrality, and conservative leaders continue to back him, with an eye toward appeasing the increasingly...
The court’s recognition of Yoon as a rebellion leader necessitates an expedited final ruling to permanently root out martial law remnants.
As South Korea awaits a historic judgment on the 2024 martial law crisis, tomorrow’s ruling will determine the legal fate of the former leader and...
Rigid patriarchy, the necessity of a male heir, and the threat of internal rivals ensure that the “Princess of Pyongyang” will remain a symbolic...
NIS cited Kim Ju Ae’s increased public profile and policy influence, though questions remain over North Korea’s patriarchal succession traditions.
An hour before the luncheon, the leader of People Power Party abruptly canceled, demonstrating his party’s strong antagonism toward the president...
President Lee Jae-myung criticized the DP for slowrolling his agenda, and pro-Lee supporters’ anger toward party leader Jung Cheong-rae has...
Paradoxically, formally abandoning the goal of immediate unification is the only realistic means of securing long-term stability.
The January 27 missile launch marks the North’s second missile test this year.
The new National Defense Strategy limits the U.S. conventional role to prioritize China while demanding South Korea take primary responsibility for...
In light of North Korea’s strengthened ties with Russia and its continuous nuclear buildup, Lee should seek a Plan B to construct peace on the...
In a New Year press conference, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung reiterated his intention to push forward North Korea-U.S. talks, as well as...
More than a year after his illegitimate declaration of martial law, the former president is now facing a death sentence for insurrection.
Three months after the South Korea-Japan summit meeting, the leaders met again in Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Pyongyang accused Seoul of sending drones to its territory. Seoul rejected the claim, saying it has no intention to make provocations.
The leader of the People Power Party, who repeatedly defended Yoon Suk-yeol, delivered his apologies to the public. However, he did not admit the...
For the first time since 2017, the South Korean president made a state visit to Beijing to hold a meeting with the Chinese leader.
Pyongyang will likely open room for a summit meeting with Washington while excluding dialogue opportunities with Seoul.
According to the North’s state-controlled media, Kim Jong Un guided the building of a nuclear-powered strategic guided missile submarine on December...
During the Ministry of Unification and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ policy briefing, Lee Jae-myung warned that the two Korea “are becoming...
North Korea’s state-controlled media reported that Pyongyang began a plenary meeting to prepare for the upcoming Ninth Congress of the ruling WPK.
In a special address, Lee Jae-myung expressed gratitude toward the citizens for their defense of Korean democracy.
A year after the illegitimate declaration of martial law, the conservative People Power Party is still justifying Yoon’s decision.
During a press conference on his way to Turkiye, South Korean president shared his view on North Korea.
After Washington confirmed its support to Seoul’s development of an indigenous nuclear-powered submarine, Pyongyang released a statement criticizing...
The South Korean military said North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile toward its east coast on Friday.
Amid the aggravated rivalry between the two great powers, South Korea seeks to restore its bilateral relations with China.
After meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung held a summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi...
On the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Gyeongju, Presidents Lee Jae-myung and Donald Trump met again, two months after their first summit at the White...
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